Maybe its because I’m staying up into the wee hours of the night reading Margaret Atwood’s dystopic novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, about a fascist theocracy that enslaves women according to their reproductive abilities (in it, women with viable ovaries, a “national resource,” are placed in a specific social caste, the Handmaids, forced to try to become pregnant […]
Read More Quick Hit: Time to Start Sewing Your Red Robes, Ladies.Hello lovely readers! As of Sunday, your regular bloggers are on spring break, so this blog will be on hiatus for the week! Bloggers may post at their discretion if they’re in the mood to blog, but there won’t be any regularly scheduled posts. We’ll be up and running again starting on Monday, March 12. […]
Read More Spring Break Hiatus!I came across this blog post yesterday that was too good to pass up. This is a well-written, engaging post that explains to men why women need to be precautious to maintain our own safety, and gives some guidelines to guys so they can be sure to make a woman feel safe when they approach […]
Read More Quick Hit: “A Guy’s Guide to Approaching Strange Women Without Being Maced”This week at The Bitchin’ Table, Kaycorbs444 and FemOnFire are confused. Even with the growing sexual liberation of women, it seems that we can hardly go a day without seeing images and commentary that portray women’s sexual decisions as selfish or trivial. When Kaycorbs444 found an image online about the “irritating” denial of “backdoor passage,” […]
Read More The Bitchin’ Table: Why Do Women Complain About Anal Sex?That’s right readers, for my first installment of Working Women and Feminism, I’m talking about the (in)famous Betty Friedan. *SCREEEEEEEEECH* But wait…Betty Friedan? The author of The Feminine Mystique? Who so blatantly ignored the problems of low-income women and women of color, and even referred to lesbians as “the lavender menace?” Yes. Believe it or not, […]
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